Our mission: to help you simplify your holidays and get ready for the Christmas holiday season.

Whether you plan for the holidays year-round or begin Christmas planning at the last minute, we'll help you get organized for a stress-free celebration.

Browse our organizing plans, free printable Christmas planner forms, gift ideas, homemade Christmas gift suggestions and recipes for gifts in a jar. We'll help with decorating, kitchen gifts and creating holiday traditions.

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Beat summer's heat with this sew-simple craft project: a cool tie!

This bright cotton neckerchief has a summer secret: a filling of water-absorbing polymer granules from the garden center.

Soaked in water, the cool tie's polymer granules absorb more than 200% their weight in water. Tied around the neck or worn as a headband, a cool tie provides all-day cool relief through evaporation.

The cool tie is simple to sew, requiring only a straight-stitch sewing machine. It makes a great gift for gardeners!

On September 14, 2001, I sat down at my desk with a heavy heart. My task: to write the month's lead article for the newsletter I published at that time at OrganizedHome.Com.

But just three days after the collapse of the Twin Towers, it was impossible to think about cleaning closets or decluttering the pantry.

I started to write, anyway--and this piece was the result, two hours later. It was the cry of my heart as the mother of a United States Marine, a son who had been called to alert in response to the attacks on our country.

A reader suggested I share it here, on this day, to remind us all that Memorial Day has a meaning beyond the barbeques and the beach.

Here it is, right down to the old-style format of our site on that day. Enjoy--and remember:

My Child, My Home, My Country: A Marine Mom Speaks

Welcome to the Rudolph Club: your once-a-month meeting to simplify your holidays and get organized for Christmas, 2008!

At OrganizedChristmas.Com, we know that the holiday season can be fast and furious. Solution? Take a day once each month throughout the year to plan and prepare for a more-organized holiday season.

On the 25th of each month, we'll bring simple assignments and easy tips to try now for a simpler, more joyous season for 2008. Over the year, you'll tackle planning and preparations to make the season lighter, brighter and less stressful come December.

Click the read more link below to get organized for the holiday season:

Celebrate Earth Day--and lighten your footstep on our planet--with these ten first steps toward more-sustainable living, from LighterFootstep.com.

We liked the idea of slaying energy vampires: those small, silent electric devices that feed on a trickle of power even when not in use. Unplug them, or invest in a power strip with an on-off button to make it easy to stop the flow:

Ten First Steps Toward Lighter Living

Welcome to the Rudolph Club: your once-a-month meeting to simplify your holidays and get organized for Christmas, 2008!

At OrganizedChristmas.Com, we know that the holiday season can be fast and furious. Solution? Take a day once each month throughout the year to plan and prepare for a more-organized holiday season.

On the 25th of each month, we'll bring simple assignments and easy tips to try now for a simpler, more joyous season for 2008. Over the year, you'll tackle planning and preparations to make the season lighter, brighter and less stressful come December.

Click the read more link below to get organized for the holiday season:

The Bunny's come, the Bunny's gone--and left a few dozen hard-boiled eggs behind. What will you do with all those Easter eggs?

Web site Fabulous Foods has a top-ten list of suggestions. Some are tried-and-true recipes, while others are novel ideas for useing up all those eggs. Get cracking!

The Ten Best Things To Do With Leftover Easter Eggs

Easter's on the way. Are you looking for craft ideas for the little people in your life? Get 'em while they hop!

These easy-to-make kids' Easter craft projects from FamilyFun.com make the season bright--and they're simple enough for all the little rabbits in your hutch.

Check these links for Easter basket, crafts, cards and decor items:

Easter Crafts for Kids

Time to Spring Forward as Daylight Saving Time brings an extra hour of evening sunlight. This weekend, we'll set our clocks forward one hour as most of the U.S. adopts Daylight Saving Time.

Celebrate the seasonal change with a household safety checklist from sister site Organized Home. With links to safety resources and free printables, it'll see your household into the summer months, safely:

Safety Checklist for Time Change Sunday

Tender cookie "nests" are an Easter favorite in our house! Use egg-shaped chocolate-covered almonds to decorate these pretty Easter cookies.